Hi.
As long as the DDR existed, Berlin was the capital of Germany, but not
the seat of government.
The government moved to Bonn meanwhile due to practical reasons (hard to
move to and from Western Berlin across the DDR etc.).
regards
Peter
Am 21.01.2011 15:59, schrieb j...@jfeldredge.com:
I was a little surprised by this, until I looked up the definition of capital
given in Wikipedia (primary city, as opposed to seat of government). In
American usage, the capital of a nation or sub-national region is its seat of
government, whether or not that is the primary city in terms of population.
For example, Nashville is termed the capital of Tennessee, because it is the
seat of the state government, even though Memphis, Tennessee is larger, and has
been larger for most of Tennessee's history.
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Subject :Re: [Tagging] tagging capitals
> From :mailto:dieterdre...@gmail.com
Date :Fri Jan 21 08:42:23 America/Chicago 2011
2011/1/21 Lennard<l...@xs4all.nl>:
And what about the Seat of Government. Do we record that anywhere? This
isn't always located in the country capital either.
AFAIK we don't. How did you tag "Den Haag"? I think we should indeed
have a method to tag this.
cheers,
Martin
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